Legume Lab researcher meets with USAID Administrator Samantha Power during visit to Zambia's Good Nature Agro
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USAID Administrator, Samantha Power, visited Good Nature Agro during her recent travels in Zambia. She received a presentation by the legume seed company which works to lift smallholder famers out of poverty across the country.
Attending the presentation and meeting with Ms. Power, was Dr. Kelvin Kamfwa, Legume Systems Innovation Lab researcher and Zambia bean breeder. Dr. Kamfwa, who works in the University of Zambia Bean Breeding Program, is collaborating with Dr. Juan Osorno of North Dakota State University on the Legume Systems Innovation Lab project titled, Genetic Improvement of Dry Beans for Bruchid Resistance for Southern Africa.
Bean bruchids are a post-harvest pest responsible for over 48% loss in quality and quantity of common bean in storage. The project is working to develop new bruchid-resistant varieties. The project has also partnered with Good Nature Agro for distribution of selected varieties to small-holder farmers.
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